shroff
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Synonyms: shruff, shoff, schroff, shtoff
Antonyms: shruff, shoff, schroff, shtoff
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Noun
- {{lb|en|India}} A [[provider]] of [[financial]] [[service]]s, [[especially]] a [[small-scale]] [[independent]] [[banker]] or [[money changer]] or {{lb|en|historical}} a [[local]] [[expert]] at [[detect]]ing [[bad]] [[coin]].
- {{lb|en|Hong Kong}} A [[cashier]], [[especially]] for a [[car park]].
- {{lb|en|Hong Kong}} The [[office]] of such a cashier at a car park etc.
Verb
- {{lb|en|India|transitive}} To [[act]] as a [[#Noun|shroff]], [[especially]] {{lb|en|historical}} to [[inspect]] [[coin]]s to [[detect]] [[debasement]], [[counterfeit]]s, [[clip]]ping, etc. for a [[commission]].
Proper noun
- {{surname|en|from=Hindi,Urdu,Persian,Arabic|usage=Indian}}.
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